head to head
vs
Sid Meier's Pirates!vsSteamWorld Heist II
Sid Meier's Pirates! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); SteamWorld Heist II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Sid Meier's Pirates!SteamWorld Heist II
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
SteamWorld Heist II leans harder on execution: aiming shots with ricochet trajectory precision
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
SteamWorld Heist II leans harder on optimization: squad builds, positioning strategy
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.